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Originally posted by RustyBattleship View PostI guess the Russians don't want to waste all those Nuclear Fuel pellets they have stockpiled for those ships. But it makes sense. Once they started that program to build those ships and the funding was available and saved, it does provide jobs and keeps the Russian Navy up to somewhat modern standards.
Though Nuclear may not be the way to go with a missile Cruiser. Just looking over the first photos of a Kirov with some of my NAVSEA counterparts we noted that one 5"/38 common in all those launch tubes up forward could blow that ship to smitherings -- including the reactor.
Hmmm. Maybe a 5-incher would cause us to be a tad too close. A 16" Hi-Cap would be much better. Or a Harpoon at a much greater distance. A Tomahawk might be considered overkill but it would work just as well.
Just get upwind from the mushroom cloud.Last edited by Dreadnought; 04 Aug 14,, 01:26.Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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So, this evening I decide to see if Google has updated their maps yet and show the Iowa at her berth on zoom. But instead, what do I discover? You can now travel her deck via "street view"! But, be careful! You may run right into those who were present during the capture!
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Originally posted by tbm3fan View PostSo do we have shore power for the Iowa yet or still on generators?
We also have our aft CHT tanks running. We couldn't flush the johns through the discharges just above 2nd deck level because they are lower than the city's sewer pipe alongside the pier. Our crew worked long and hard to reinstall the pumps and motors to male the proverbrial run "uphill" to the discharges on the main deck.Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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Well then we need to update a person. I was on the hanger deck getting OSHA training in operating the boom lift. After I finished a fellow walked up to me, definitely ex-Navy, and introduced himself as the technical guy behind our and your flight simulators. He was out from Pensacola fixing ours and we started talking. That's where he related to me that you were operating on generator power and not shore power. First name. Jim.
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Originally posted by tbm3fan View PostWell then we need to update a person. I was on the hanger deck getting OSHA training in operating the boom lift. After I finished a fellow walked up to me, definitely ex-Navy, and introduced himself as the technical guy behind our and your flight simulators. He was out from Pensacola fixing ours and we started talking. That's where he related to me that you were operating on generator power and not shore power. First name. Jim.Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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Originally posted by tbm3fan View PostWell then we need to update a person. I was on the hanger deck getting OSHA training in operating the boom lift. After I finished a fellow walked up to me, definitely ex-Navy, and introduced himself as the technical guy behind our and your flight simulators. He was out from Pensacola fixing ours and we started talking. That's where he related to me that you were operating on generator power and not shore power. First name. Jim.Craig Johnson
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Originally posted by Battleship IOWA View PostJim is right we have never had shore power and have only run on generators. Just last week our COO got our shore power plans approved by the port. The port estimated it would cost $500,000 to hook us up our COO, with a lot of in kind donations got the price down to $185,000. Craig JohnsonRIP Charles "Bob" Spence. 1936-2014.
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Originally posted by 85 gt kid View Post??? Read the above post by Rusty.Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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excessive carbon emissions???
Sounds like it is time to load up some powder bags into those breaches and send some smoke and noise up their proverbial.......(what would the Cap'n call it?)..... probably something like "their aft crevices"!
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Originally posted by SlaterDoc View Postexcessive carbon emissions???
Sounds like it is time to load up some powder bags into those breaches and send some smoke and noise up their proverbial.......(what would the Cap'n call it?)..... probably something like "their aft crevices"!Craig Johnson
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